Subject: Re: 8169 Intermittent ifup Failure Issue With RTL8102E Chipset in Intel's New D945GCLF Atom Board (Not the Initial Modprobe Crash, Another Problem)

From: Mario Limonciello <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:15:00 -0500

Kasper:

Particularly try the patch that I posted to the list.  It solved the
ifup (and resume) failures for me on two platforms using that chipset.

Regards

Kasper Sandberg wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 23:59 +0200, Francois Romieu wrote:
>   
> Sorry for the delay, i had to do an onsite thing in another country, so
> i first see your message now.
>
> Would it be okay if i took rc9 instead? also, i saw you posted a set of
> patches to sync more with realteks code, is this something you would
> like me to test too, or aswell? (remember, i have the 8111c).
>
> Btw, a thought just crossed my mind as to a possible reason why this
> might be happening, i was googling around, and it seems the TWO nic's
> are supposed to have some sort of hardware bonding thing, could it be
> because such stuff isnt handled?
>
> mvh.
> Kasper Sandberg
>
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